I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I will most definitely be ordering it in to sell to customers at my work!

Holy shit snacks!

Lisa Unger has done it again; she's good at these books peeps. Wow, how in the frig am I going to say anything without a spoiler <-- yeah, it's one of those.

Okay, short and TTP:

I'm not going to keep telling everyone what the books about, who the MC is, just read it on the summary.

This book was a mind game but a good one. The MC has some stuff when they were young which leads to more stuff when they are older. Don't y'all love when I make no sense?!

Let me just say this book is right on with how I feel about certain things. Well, not all of it, but the main bits. This is like - ugg, can't use that word or y'all will know what I'm talking about....... this is the best kind of {blank} story to me. I'm all about it. The ending was so freaking good, but not some great climax. Just the way we find out what's what, who's who, and what's happening now! I wasn't expecting that little tidbit there at the end, but hey, it's all good. I'm fine with it.

I think fans of Lisa Unger will enjoy this book! I would recommend it!

*Thank you to Netgalley and the Pub for a copy of this book for review!

Happy Reading!

Mel ♥

Thank you Nergalley for the opportunity to previw the Stranger Inside by Lisa Unger. I have been a Lisa Unger fan for a long time. Reading her last few books, I am feeling somewhat disappointed.
This book centers on a woman named Rain - she is "happily married" with a child, has a good life, and she is now a stay at home mom. She used to be an investigative reporter, led an exciting life, had lots of friends. Now she spends her time with other moms talking about babies, breastfeeding, and thinking about what used to be...
Rain has a past - she is was a victim of a hideous crime - she escaped, but her scars are still there.
When she was a young girl, a "monster", attacked her and her two friends. One of her frends was murdered, and Rain still is burdened by guilt and shame - because she is still alive and has moved on.
Then a murder happens and it appears that a vigilante may be on the loose. This murder resembles the death of her ":monster", so Rain decide that maybe she should go back to work and investigate this new murder and see how it all ties together.
Rain starts to go back to her past - to her one surviviing friend, Hank, who still lives with the horrible event that happened to them as children. But Hank has secrets and he loves Rain - could he be a killer seeking revenge or are this a random act of violence. Rain's marriage and life is on the line until she can come to grips with what still haunts her after all these years.
My issues is that the characters are not likeable and the plot meanders a bit and I got lost in the chapters.
I finished this book, but wasn't entirely satisfied. Unfortunately, this book was forgetable.
Sorry Ms. Unger.

Loved! Could not put down until I finished it!!! A must-read for anyone who likes mysteries and thrillers. You will not be disappointed.

Thank you #netgalley and #HARLEQUIN – Trade Publishing (U.S. & Canada) for the eARC.

My second book by Unger and so glad I read this one, because now I see exactly why so many love her with a huge intensity! This book was so dang chilling from page one, you couldn’t hardly read a page without a couple chills down the spine! It really was riveting and captivating, but also chilling, thrilling, and deliciously dark! Looking for chills and thrills, get this one preordered today!
Will highly recommend to the members of Chapter Chatter Pub!

Stayed up late with this one. Parts were a little implausible but I still enjoyed it. If you have liked Lisa Unger’s other novels you will definitely enjoy this.

Rain left her career as a journalist behind to care for her baby daughter. She hasn’t forgotten her nightmarish past, but she’s done her best to put it out of her mind, but when a killer who manages to get away with murder is killed himself, Rain’s past is brought front and center. When she was twelve years old, Rain managed to get away from a kidnapper, but her best friends, Hank and Tess did not. Hank finally escaped but Tess didn’t. The kidnapper was finally jailed, but was later released, only to be killed himself. Rain sees the similarities to her own case and wonder if the killers were targeted by the same vigilante. Lisa Unger writes some of the most disturbing and thought provoking crime fiction being published today and her latest will have you debating the meaning of justice.